11 orchestras play around Israel, marking October 7 anniversary
Hatikva Project offers symbolically priced concerts, focused on music with meaning, in order to bring comfort
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Eleven Israeli orchestras and singers have collaborated to mark the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror onslaught with a series of concerts called the Hatikvah Project.
The Hatikvah Project concerts are being held October 21 through October 28, and are underwritten by the Azrieli Foundation, with admission priced at a symbolic NIS 20 per ticket.
The project’s founder is Sharon Azrieli, a soprano and cantor who is one of the featured singers, and whose father was Canadian architect and philanthropist David Azrieli.
She initiated the project in 2024 out of the belief that music has a deep capacity to heal and comfort, and the desire to bring hope through Jewish sacred music.
The series opened on Tuesday night in Tel Aviv with the Ra’anana Symphonette and Young Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Hanan Yovel and Sivan Talmor. It moves to Jerusalem on Wednesday, then to Ashdod, Rehovot, Netanya, Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Karmiel, and closes on October 28 in Kiryat Gat.
The other participating orchestras include the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Andalusia Orchestra, the Jerusalem Orchestra East and West, the Israeli Camerata Jerusalem, the Israeli Chamber Ensemble, the Sinfonetta Beersheba, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, and the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon Lezion at the Kiryat Gat grand finale.
The concerts will feature sacred Jewish music, from psalms and liturgical poems to original compositions performed by the participating orchestras and featured singers, including Shai Tsabari, Yovel, Talmor and others.
Tickets and more information are available on the Hatikva Project website.
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